Utah Bird Records Committee

Round	Vote	Outcome
1st	Unanimous Accept	Accepted
	Unanimous Not Accept	Not Accepted
	Other Votes	to 2nd Round
2nd	7 or more Accept	Accepted
	6 or more Not Accept	Not Accepted
	If neither of the above before deadline.	to 3rd Round
3rd	Receive no more than 2 "not" votes	Accepted
	From 3 to 5 "not" votes	Not Accepted - Split Decision
	6 or more "not" votes	Not Accepted

Round	Vote	Outcome
1st	Unanimous Accept	Strongly Endorsed
	Unanimous Not Accept	Strongly Not-endorsed
	Other Votes	to 2nd Round
2nd	6 or more Accept	Strongly Endorsed
	6 or more Not Accept	Strongly Not Endorsed
	Other Votes	to 3rd Round
3rd	"Strongly" votes same as 1st and 2nd rounds
	Majority Accept	Endorsed
	All others	Not Endorsed

Outcome	Results of the level of endorsement
Strongly Endorsed	For "first state" records the species will be added to the checklist. If the record was accepted without physical evidence. It will be put on the "provisional species" list and given a "+" mark on the checklist. These sighting will be added to the "Official Sighting List" and the "Comprehensive Sightings List"
Endorsed	These sightings will be added to the "Official Sighting List" and the "Comprehensive Sightings List"
Not-endorsed	These sightings will be added to the "Comprehensive Sightings List"
Strongly Not-endorsed	These sightings will not be included on any sightings lists if considered to be misidentifications.